Flag



G. S. HENRITZY.

I 'FLAG.

APPLICATION men MAYH. 192d.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICEx GEORGE S. I-IENRITZY, OF HAZLET'ON, PENNSYLVANIA..

FLAG.

' T aZZ w ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. HENRITZY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pcnnsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flags and particularly to flags which are used for decorative purposes where the same are displayed from staffs which are neither horizontal nor vertical.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a flag which is so designed with relation to the angle of the staff from'which it is suspended, that it will hang in a vertical plane substantially without folds or wrinkles.

Another object of this invention is the provision of such a flag which will have its design in conformity with the shape of the outside of the fiag as a whole.

Referring to the drawing, the figure represents the cross section of a buildingfrom the front of which are shown two staffs which are extended upwardly and away from the front of the building and at a suitable angle to properly display the flag.

I will refer first to the upper flag in the figure which is made to simulate the usual rectangular flag. In making this flag, the upper or peak angle A is made so that when the headin 10 lays along the staff from which the ag is to be displayed, the edge 11 will be in a vertical line and the material between the heading l0 and the edge 11 will be flat in a plane. The angle B is likewise made so that the edge 12 will be parallel to the edge 11 and the material of the flag will be in a plane. The side 13 is made parallel to the heading 10 so that the angle B will equal the angle B and the angle A will equal the angle A. The design of the interior of the flag as indicated by the lines 14 and 15 are accordingly changed. Those lines such as the line 14 which would be parallel to the sides corresponding to the sides 11 and 12 in the rectangular construction are so placed as to be parallel to the sides 11 and 12. The line 15 is correspondingly made parallel to the heading since the corresponding lines of the rectangular construction would be so placed.

I will refer now to the lower flag of the illustration which is shown as a burgee. In

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 29, 1921 Application filed May 11, V V

1920. Serial No. 380,450.

the normal burgee a linedrawn between the points corresponding to the points 0 and 05 would be parallel to the heading 20,,the angles E and F would be equal and less than 90 and the bars 6 and 7" would respectively be perpendicular and parallel to the heading. In my flag constructed so as to have the heading at an angle to the horizontal and vertical, and still hang substantially in a plane, the construction is as follows: The points 0 and d are so placed that the line cd is parallel to the heading 20 and the edges 21 and 22 make the same angle with the vertical. The angle E is made less than 90 and the angle F made correspondingly greater to comply with the change in angularity in the heading. The bars 6 and 7 are respectively made vertical and parallel to the heading 20. The point 23 in the normal 1 burgee is placed in a line perpendicular to the middle point of the heading 20. In my flag it is placed in a vertical line drawn from the middle of the heading 20.

If desired, ropes or cords 30 and 31 may be provided to hold the flags in position so as to prevent wrapping around the respective staffs.

A great advantage obtained from my invention is that the design is always clear, without the disadvantages of the wrinkles common in the ordinary flags so displayed.

Another great advantage is the saving of material. The upper flag of the drawing, if made in the usual manner, would have an area equal to the length of the heading 10 times the length of the edge 12. The area of my flag is the length of the edge 12 times the perpendicular drawn from the side 12 to the side 11. It is clear that the latter dimension is less than the length of the heading 10. Accordingly the area of my flag would be less than that of the ordinary flag giving the same display.

I construct my flag of fabric or any other suitable flexible material.

While I have described illustrations of my invention it is to be understood changes and modifications and adaptations to the, design of flag used can be made without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is: 5

1. A flexible flag for display with its heading at an angle between the vertical and horizontal and so constructed as to hang substantially in a plane when sodisplayed and having its two edges adjoining the heading making substantially the same angle with the vertical.

2. A flexible non-rectangular parallelogrammatic "form having a heading on one of the sides of the parallelogram.

3. A flexible flag comprising its heading, for display with its heading at a selected angle to the horizontal and less than 90, said flag being so constructed that when displayed with its heading at the selected angle, therflag will hang in a vertical plane,

l. A flexible flag, comprising its heading,

for display at aselected angle to the horizontal, and less than 90, said flag being so constructed that when displayed with its heading at the selected angle, corresponding points, on opposite sides or a vertical line from the middle of the heading, are equidistant from the said vertical linewhen measured on a line parallel to the heading.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE S. HENRITZY.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,398,555, granted November 29,

1921, upon the application of George S. Henritzy, of Ha zleton, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Flags, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 6, claim 2, after the Word flexible insert the words flag of; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of December, A. D., 1921.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

